Motor racing: Massa wants a decision on his future by Brazil

SUZUKA, Japan (Reuters) - Felipe Massa wants a decision on his Formula One future before next month’s Brazilian Grand Prix and has questioned the value of Williams testing would-be replacements Robert Kubica and Paul di Resta in a 2014 car.

Massa told reporters on Thursday he did not know about any test plans but it changed nothing for him.

“Williams knows 100 percent what I can give to the team,” said the 36-year-old, who briefly retired at the end of last year only to return when Valtteri Bottas left Williams to replace retired champion Nico Rosberg at Mercedes.

“Even if they do a test in a car that is four years before (old), (that is) completely different. You cannot evaluate too much,” he added.

Kubica, 32, has tested already this season with Renault, his former team, completing 142 laps of the Hungaroring in August in a contemporary car.

But the French manufacturer picked Carlos Sainz to replace under-performing Briton Jolyon Palmer instead for 2018.

“Definitely I think it would be good for the team and also for myself that we know what’s going to happen before the race in Brazil,” said Massa, who was given a touching send-off by fans at Sao Paulo’s Interlagos track last year.